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Parenting

Making a decision

The years have fled. Achi has graduated from elementary school. It seems only yesterday that I began writing this parenting column filled with baby articles and our family’s struggles with a toddler. I now have a preteen who is beginning to carve out her own life. She agrees to be my baby forever, still giving […]

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Life

Hidden Wonders: Visiting Hong Kong’s zoo, aviary and botanical gardens

Hong Kong is known as a cosmopolitan city, one of Asia’s business centers and shopping capitals. While the city has tourist attractions set in nature such as Victoria Peak and Lantau Island located on its outskirts, not a lot of people know that there are ways to interact with nature within the city itself. Hong […]

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Idioms...Hokkien style

When words fail, use idioms… Hokkien style (81)

Hokkien, on the tongues of Tsinoys, has grown and evolved, taking on a life of its own. Sometimes words simply fail us. With some creativity, Tsinoys have strung together words to form colorful phrases that simply hit the bull’s eye. Here are some expressions unique to Hokkien as favored by Tsinoys. Idioms, expressions Hokkien pronunciation […]